The Julian Alps and Prealps (in Slovenian Julijske Alpe v širšem smislu, in Italian Alpi e Prealpi Giulie) are a mountain range in the eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Slovenia and in Italy.
Geography
SOIUSA classification According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the Julian Alps and Prealps are an Alpine section, classified in the following way: main part = Eastern Alps major sector = Southern Limestone Alps section = Julian Alps code = II/C-34
Subdivision The range are divided in two subsections:Tone Wraber, Goropisni atlas Alp; on-line article about SOIUSA: www.gore-ljudje.net (access date: 2012-04-27) Julian Alps (SL: Julijskih Alp; IT: Alpi Giulie) - SOIUSA code:II/C-34.I; Julian Prealps (SL: Julijske Predalpe; IT: Prealpi Giulie) - SOIUSA code:II/C-34.II.
Notable summits
Some notable summits of the Julian Alps and Prealps are:
Namemetresfeet Triglav 2,864 9,396 Jôf di Montasio 2,755 9,039 Škrlatica 2,740 8,990 Mangart 2,679 8,789 Jalovec 2,645 8,678 Razor 2,601 8,533 Kanin / Canin 2,582 8,471 Prisojnik 2,546 8,353 Rjavina 2,532 7,651 Špik 2,472 8,100 Monte Plauris 1,958 6,422 Cima Musi 1,878 6,160 Monte Cadin 1,818 5,963 Matajur / Baba 1,643 5,389
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